Northwest Quantum Nexus

Presented by Kai-Mei Fu (University of Washington), Nathan Baker (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), and Mark Tsang (Microsoft)

The Northwest Quantum Nexus (NQN) is a coalition of research and industrial organizations in the Pacific Northwest and neighboring regions with the goal of advancing Quantum Information Sciences (QIS) research and developing a QIS-trained workforce. A core focus of NQN is scalable quantum computing for clean energy, with principal research directions in applications for quantum computing, quantum algorithms, and materials for QIS. This panel presentation will discuss QIS in the Northwest with an emphasis on NQN activities and a call to increase participation in the NQN.